Mathematics GCSE
Integer indices including zero and negative indices
What Integer indices including zero and negative indices means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Integer indices including zero and negative indices
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An integer index tells you how many times the base multiplies itself, a negative integer index gives a reciprocal, and any non-zero base to the power zero equals 1.
Topics that use Integer indices including zero and negative indices
- Structure and calculation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Calculating with powers of 10
- Checking answers by substitution
- Checking for repeats and omissions
- Coefficient
- Conjugate
- Converting between ordinary and standard form
- Counting outcomes in context
- denominator
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